Around 7,602 media items were the outcome of the hate speech and hate-provoking messages targeted at human rights defenders, political activists, Bahraini citizens and international human rights institutions in 2018.

The National Bureau for Revenue (NBR) announced that over 1,700 companies have registered for the Value Added Tax (VAT).

A local transport company complained that the Ministry of Education had not paid in arrears exceeding 300,000 BD since year and a half.

The U.N. investigator leading the inquiry into the killing of Jamal Khashoggi said in Turkey on Thursday she had not yet received all the information she is seeking, but still hopes to conduct a successful probe.

The official website of the tournament and its social media pages posted pictures and videos showing Germany’s Patrick Lang winning the Ironman World Championship.

A number of Jaw Prison inmates were poisoned on Monday, human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh reported.

30 MEPs sent an urgent letter to the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in particular Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai, in which they expressed their deep concern regarding the arrest of Bahraini player and urged the Thai authorities to release Hakeem Al-Araibia and ensure he returns safe to Australia.

A team of former U.S. government intelligence operatives working for the United Arab Emirates hacked into the iPhones of activists, diplomats and rival foreign leaders with the help of a sophisticated spying tool called Karma, in a campaign that shows how potent cyber-weapons are proliferating beyond the world’s superpowers and into the hands of smaller nations.

Bahrain's announcement of the discovery of a large shale oil field off the country's west coast was one of the highlights of 2018. It was the largest discovery as described by the state agency since 1932; estimated to be over twice the size of the Bahrain Field. It was a great occasion for formal government celebration, but it also quickly turned into unanswered questions.

The Ministry of Interior decided on Thursday (January 31, 2019) to detain head of Ulama Islamic Council Majeed Al-Mashaal for two days to present him to the public prosecution.

The former Bahrain football player Hakeem Al-Araibi is still being held in a Thai prison, pending a final court decision on his extradition to Manama, although he had entered Thailand as a refugee in Australia.

Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar joined the calls to release Bahraini opposition leader Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Ali Salman whom the cassation court has recently upheld his life term, which has drawn wide criticism from the international community.

Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday the end of a high-profile anti-corruption probe that boosted the state coffers by more than $100 billion and has left dozens detained.

The Bahraini authorities summoned on Wednesday (January 30, 2019) Sheikh Mohammad Saleh Al-Rabii (one of the senior cleircs in Bahrain) and Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal for investigations two days following his release.

An Australian website said that the wife of detained footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi has sent an emotional appeal to Thailand's Prime Minister urging him to help return her husbandd to his house in Australia.

Bahrain has used the foreign labor issue as a cosmetic product to cover up the deteriorating human rights situation in the country. There has; however, been no real change in the conditions of this category of residents despite Washington's award granted to its ally in this field.

Thailand's government should immediately release the refugee football player Hakeem Al-Araibi and let him return to his wife and team in Australia, Human Rights Watch said yesterday in announcing a campaign for his freedom.

The House of Representatives unanimously approved on Tuesday (January 29, 2019) the government's work program for the next four years.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged Thailand to stop the extradition to Bahrain of a detained soccer player who has refugee status in Australia, his office said Tuesday.

The US Department of State said that the verdict issued by the cassation court in Bahrain against the opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman "narrows the space for free expression and political activity" in the country.